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- Dates:
- Tuesday 23 February – Sunday 30 May 2010
- Venue:
- National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Prints and Drawings Gallery
- Closed:
- Closed on Mondays. (Except open on 22 March and 3 May. Closed on Tuesday 23 March.)
- Organizers:
- The National Museum of Western Art
- Sponsor:
- EPSON
- In cooperation with:
- Western Art Foundation
- Admission Fee:
- Adults - 420 yen (210 yen), College students - 130 yen (70 yen).
* ( ) Figures in parentheses indicate discount fees for groups of 20 or more - Free Admission:
- High school students or younger, those over the age of 65, those under the age of 18, those with physical or mental disabilities and their attendants. Free admittance with admission ticket holders to the special exhibition “Frank Brangwyn Exhibition” or permanent collections.
Gustave Moreau 《The Peris and the Sacred Elephant》
1882 watercolour on paper
The NMWA was founded in 1959 on the basis of the so-called Matsukata Collection, works that came from the massive number assembled by Matsukata Kôjirô, the first president of Kawasaki Shipbuilding, in Europe during the latter half of the 1910s and the 1920s. The year 2009 marks the 50th anniversary of the opening of the NMWA and as one aspect of the commemorative events, a retrospective exhibition on Frank Brangwyn, advisor to Matsukata, is being held in the Special Exhibition Galleries. This exhibition is a small-scale exhibition held in connection to the Brangwyn display, and features 38 watercolors and drawings primarily of the 19th to 20th centuries from the Matsukata Collection and today in the NMWA collection.
Artists create watercolors and drawings either as preparatory drawings for a finished work in another medium or as finished works themselves, and they reveal a unique character and expression that differ from that found in oil paintings. These works were made on paper, which is a fragile medium sensitive to changes in environment and light levels. As a result, they are only occasionally displayed. We hope that museum visitors will enjoy the fascination of these rarely seen watercolors and drawings.
Exhibition Checklist (PDF File, about 270KB).
To view the illustrated version of the exhibition checklist, click here.
Galleries are kept at a cooler temperature than other museum areas for art work conservation reasons. Visitors are hence recommended to bring a light jacket or sweater upon their visit to the NMWA. We appreciate your understanding of these measures.
Thank you.
